2026
MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
OCTOBER 12, 2026
The first session of Moving Boundaries will focus on evidence-based design for health Farrow and Valentine will lecture on salutogenic design, showing projects around the world and telling us about strategies for combining research and practice Analysis of case studies and a conversation with the audience will follow
TYE FARROW
Architect, Author, Researcher
Sr Partner Farrow Partners Architects Joint Session: “From Pathogenesis to Salutogenesis: Rethinking the Brain–Body Connection in the Built Environment”
KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY
TYPOLOGIES INVESTIGATED:
URBAN DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING OFFICE DESIGN AND HEALTHCARE
10AM-4 PM MORE INFORMATION:
CLEO VALENTINE
Ph D , Scientist, Design Researcher
HKS; RISE; Cambridge; Harvard Joint Session: “From Pathogenesis to Salutogenesis: Rethinking the Brain–Body Connection in the Built Environment”
TATIANA A.BERGER
Director & Founder of Moving Boundaries Collaborative
Architect, Consultant, Professor Welcome speech “Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture for the 21 Century” st
2026 MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
TYE FARROW
OCTOBER 12, 2026
LECTURE AT 12PM
WITH CLEO VALENTINE: “FROM PATHOGENESIS TO SALUTOGENESIS: RETHINKING THE BRAIN–BODY CONNECTION IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT”
The first session of Moving Boundaries will focus on evidence-based design for health Farrow and Valentine will lecture on salutogenic design, showing projects around the world and telling us about strategies for combining research and practice. Analysis of case studies and a conversation with the audience will follow READ ABSTRACT
TYE FARROWArchitect, Author, Sr Partner, Farrow Partners Architects Toronto, Canada
Author of Constructing Health: How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind's Health
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Tye Farrow received his Master’s degree at Harvard University. He has deep expertise at the interface of sciences and design He has been recognized internationally as a global leader, creating truly seminal places where people can thrive Over the past years, has presented on salutogenic design to organizations on six continents
2026 MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
The first session of Moving Boundaries will focus on evidence-based design for health. Valentine and Farrow will lecture on salutogenic design, showing projects around the world and telling us about strategies for combining research and practice. Analysis of case studies and a conversation with the audience will follow.
CLEO VALENTINE
CLEO VALENTINE
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OCTOBER 12, 2026
LECTURE AT 12PM
WITH TYE FARROW: “FROM PATHOGENESIS TO SALUTOGENESIS: RETHINKING THE BRAIN–BODY CONNECTION IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT”
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Cleo Valentine is a systems designer, neuroarchitectural researcher at HKS and research associate at Harvard University Her research investigates the impact of visual exposure to selected architectural forms on neuroinflammatory responses. In doing so, this research aims to establish the field of architectural neuroimmunology and to support the creation of a healthier built environment.
Ph D , Scientist, Design Researcher HKS; RISE; Cambridge; Harvard
2026 MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
TAKAYA KURIMOTO
The scenery of a Japanese garden functions as a psychological catalyst, asking the observer to see beyond the surface. This lecture examines the Japanese view of nature and its historical manifestations in garden design. Kurimoto will demonstrate ideas from his talk during on-site visits in historic gardens of Kyoto
OCTOBER 12, 2026
LECTURE AT 5PM
“THE INNER LANDSCAPE OF THE JAPANESE MIND AS REFLECTED IN JAPANESE GARDENS”
FOLLOWED BY
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TAKAYA KURIMOTO Landscape Architect, Scholar Japanese Garden Designer, Lecturer at Yale University, Connecticut, USA
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Takaya Kurimoto is a Japanese garden designer and a registered landscape architect in the United States He explores the ways in which Japanese gardens contribute to mindfulness and healing. He has a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from Cornell University and is a lecturer on East Asian landscapes at Yale University.
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Kurimoto will demonstrate how the Japanese view of nature is physically manifested, during on-site visits in historic gardens of Kyoto. Robinson’s lecture will illuminate Japanese spatial concepts and their possible interpretation in contemporary design practice Olszewska will present restorative design as a bridge between these spatial traditions and emerging research in neuroscience. Together we will explore how environments shape cognitive, affective, and physiological restoration
OCTOBER 13, 2026
9-11AM + 3-6 PM
KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY
TYPOLOGIES INVESTIGATED:
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN
GARDEN DESIGN
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SARAH ROBINSON (Remote) Architect, Author Philosopher, Professor, NAAD Pavia, Italy
Lecture 3 “Japanese Gardens and Felt Space”
NATALIA OLSZEWSKA MD, Neuroscientist, Researcher Co-Founder at Impronta, Author
Lecture 4 “Restorative Design: From Cultural Intuition to Scientific Evidence”
TAKAYA KURIMOTO Landscape Architect, Japanese Garden Designer, Professor, U S Lecture 5 and Guided Visit “The Inner Landscape of the Japanese Mind as Reflected in Japanese Gardens”
2026 MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
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In this session, Robinson explores resonance between bodies, plants, the elements and buildings in the context of Japanese gardens She suggests how the time-honored principles practiced particularly in Japanese stroll gardens can enrich and re-vitalize contemporary design practice.
SARAH ROBINSON
SARAH ROBINSON (Remote) Architect, Author, Philosopher, Faculty at NAAD, and at Aalborg University Author of Architecture of Resonance, Architecture is a Verb; Nesting, and many other important books
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OCTOBER 13, 2026
LECTURE AT 3:30PM
“JAPANESE GARDENS AND FELT SPACE”
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Sarah Robinson is an architect, writer and educator, based in Pavia, Italy Her writing and research explores the many ways that the built environment shapes body, mind and culture. She teaches internationally, is Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University and serves in an advisory role to organizations that promote life-centered design.
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This session of Moving Boundaries will explore how environments shape cognitive, affective, and physiological restoration Olszewska will present restorative design as a bridge between Japanese spatial traditions, emerging research in neuroscience and applications in architecture.
NATALIA OLSZEWSKA
ATALIA OLSZEWSKA
, Co-Founder, Impronta, Author, fessor NAAD, Neuroscientist alth Professional kow, Poland
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OCTOBER 13, 2026
LECTURE AT 5PM
“RESTORATIVE DESIGN: FROM CULTURAL INTUITION TO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE”
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Natalia Olszewska is a Co-Founder of IMPRONTA, a research and consulting studio dedicated to merging neuroscience and architecture through an evidencebased design approach. She is a physician with a unique educational background in medicine and neuroscience applied to architectural design
2026 MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
The third session will focus on bridging neuroarchitecture research and practice: Nanda and Chatterjee will offer perspectives from decades of experience at the intersection of disciplines They will offer strategies for design, education and advocacy and they will engage the audience in a discussion about challenges of contemporary cross-disciplinary work.
OCTOBER 14, 2026 2-5 PM
KYOTO SEIKA UNIVERSITY
ANJAN CHATTERJEE Ph D Author, Professor of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine
Lecture 6 “The Neuroaesthetics of the Built Environment”
UPALI NANDA Ph D Architect, Professor, Executive Vice Pres , HKS Arch Lecture 7 “Bridging NeuroArchitecture Research and Practice”
TADAO ANDO
Ando is not a faculty member
We will experience his architectural masterpieces in Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe His work is a central focus of MB Japan. Visits start on October 14.
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ANJAN CHATTERJEE
OCTOBER 14, 2026
LECTURE AT 2PM
“THE NEUROAESTHETICS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT”
Contemporary neuroaesthetics investigates aesthetic experiences through a biological lens. In this lecture, Chatterjee will show how our brains respond to our environment and that we harbor hidden behavioral and brain responses to architecture based on several core neuropsychological dimensions. READ ABSTRACT
ANJAN CHATTERJEE Ph D , Neuroscientist, Author Professor of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, U S Author of The Aesthetic Brain: How We Evolved to Desire Beauty and Enjoy Art; Brain, Beauty and Art; Neuroethics in Practice, and other books
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Anjan Chatterjee, MD, FAAN, is Professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture and the Founding Director of the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics. He is a member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and the Center for Neuroscience and Society at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of many influential books, including The Aesthetic Brain
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Dr Upali Nanda will offer perspectives from decades of experience at the intersection of disciplines. She will advocate for “architecture for neuroscience” , as a key element of building for brain health and brain skills in a time where being human, and designing for humanity, is the biggest challenge we face.
UPALI NANDA
OCTOBER 14, 2026
LECTURE AT 3PM
“BRIDGING NEURO-ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE: PERSPECTIVES FROM TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AT THE INTERSECTION”
UPALI NANDA Ph D , Architect, Professor, Executive Vice Pres , HKS Architects, U S ANFA Board Member Author of Sensthetics: A Crossmodal Approach to Designing for the Senses
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Dr.Upali Nanda is a Partner and Executive Vice President at HKS. As the firm’s Global Sector Director, she oversees HKS’ Cities & Communities practice and its Advisory, Research and Sustainable Design services. She was executive director of CADRE, the research arm of HKS, for 10 years. In 2018 she was awarded the Women in Architecture Innovator Award by
Record.
2026 MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
OCTOBER 16, 2026
2-5 PM
The fourth session of Moving Boundaries will be developed at the interface of psychology, philosophy, sociology, architecture, and psychiatry. There is a wisdom to be found in philosophies of ‘nothingness’ such as those developed by the Kyoto School They invite us to approach architecture not as an exterior structure but as a field of lived relations, and space as something that shapes us as much as we shape it.
DAVID DORENBAUM MD, Psychoanalyst, Author, Professor, University of Toronto
Conversation 8 “The Kyoto School of Philosophy, Architecture and The Space of Mind”
CONVERSATIONS AND PANEL ON SITE IN KYOTO
MORE INFORMATION: KAMOGAWA VILLA KYOTO, JAPAN
RYŌSUKE ŌHASHI Ph D Philosopher, Former Professor of Philosophy, Kyoto, Japan
Conversation 8 “The Kyoto School of Philosophy, Architecture and The Space of Mind”
GUEST TBA A third guest will be announced over the summer
2026 MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
This session is conceived as an open conversation rather than a formal lecture. A philosopher, a neuroscientist, a psychoanalyst, and an architect will reflect together on how built form and consciousness mirror, influence, and sometimes unsettle one another. With unexpected guests, and engaging exhanges, this day promises to be truly memorable
DAVID DORENBAUM
DAVID DORENBAUM D, Psychoanalyst, uthor, contributor to Pais, Assistant Professor, niversity of Toronto, Canada
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OCTOBER 16, 2026
CONVERSATION AT 2PM
“THE KYOTO SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY, ARCHITECTURE AND THE SPACE OF MIND”
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David Dorenbaum, MD (México, 1956), is a psychoanalyst, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association and the Lacan Clinical Forum at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Dorenbaum is also an accomplished author.
2026 MOVING BOUNDARIES JAPAN
This session is conceived as an open conversation rather than a formal lecture A philosopher, a neuroscientist, a psychoanalyst, and an architect will reflect together on how built form and consciousness mirror, influence, and sometimes unsettle one another. With unexpected guests, and engaging exhanges, this day promises to be truly memorable
RYŌSUKE ŌHASHI
OCTOBER 16, 2026
CONVERSATION AT 2PM
“THE KYOTO SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY, ARCHITECTURE AND THE SPACE OF MIND”
FOLLOWED BY PANEL DISCUSSION
RYŌSUKE ŌHASHI Ph D , Philosopher, Former Professor of Philosophy, Kyoto University, Japan Author of Japan and Heidegger; Beauty in Japan, and other books
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Ryōsuke Ōhashi is one of the most distinguished philosophers in Japan He belongs to the Kyoto School, a Japanese academic philosophical movement that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century He has won numerous awards and has held teaching positions at universities around the world, including the Kyoto Technical University, Osaka University, as well as in France, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and U S